Green was the son of Peter and Hannah Morgan Plumbe; Grandson of John, Esquire and Elizabeth Hempstead Plumbe, and Captain John and Ruth Shapley Morgan of Groton; he was the Great Grandson of John Plumbe (originally of Inworth, Essex, England) and Elizabeth Green (daughter of Samuel Green, New England Printer, who's surname is his given name). He was Grand-Nephew of the New London Diarist, Joshua Hempstead.
Green married Margaret Bolles 22 Mar 1758 in New London. They had at least eight children, four of whom are known to have lived to adulthood: Joseph (Lucinda Pratt), Daniel, George (Eunice Widger), Samuel (Sarah Ames), Isaiah, Margaret (Sylvester Hall), Lydia (Isaac C. Ackley) and Elizabeth.
Green served in the French and Indian War (see war-stone picture submitted by John Beckstein), and lived in New London during the War for Independence, serving as Barracks-Master. Four of Green and Margaret's sons served in the Revolution.
In her History of New London, Frances Manwaring Caulkins writes: "On the 15th of May, 1782, Mr. Greene Plumbe, rate collector, came into the town-meeting, and asked and obtained an abatement on the rate-bill of 1780, stating that a sum of money which he had collected on said bill, was plundered from his house when the British invaded the town, August 6th, 1781.
This is the only allusion to the great event on the town records, of a date anywhere near the time, and in this there is a misstatement of the month, which was sixth of September, not sixth of August." (end quote)
Green served as New London Constable for several years after the war, but by 1790 he and Margaret had relocated to East Haddam, Middlesex County, where they lived out their lives.
Green married Margaret Bolles 22 Mar 1758 in New London. They had at least eight children, four of whom are known to have lived to adulthood: Joseph (Lucinda Pratt), Daniel, George (Eunice Widger), Samuel (Sarah Ames), Isaiah, Margaret (Sylvester Hall), Lydia (Isaac C. Ackley) and Elizabeth.
Green served in the French and Indian War (see war-stone picture submitted by John Beckstein), and lived in New London during the War for Independence, serving as Barracks-Master. Four of Green and Margaret's sons served in the Revolution.
In her History of New London, Frances Manwaring Caulkins writes: "On the 15th of May, 1782, Mr. Greene Plumbe, rate collector, came into the town-meeting, and asked and obtained an abatement on the rate-bill of 1780, stating that a sum of money which he had collected on said bill, was plundered from his house when the British invaded the town, August 6th, 1781.
This is the only allusion to the great event on the town records, of a date anywhere near the time, and in this there is a misstatement of the month, which was sixth of September, not sixth of August." (end quote)
Green served as New London Constable for several years after the war, but by 1790 he and Margaret had relocated to East Haddam, Middlesex County, where they lived out their lives.
Green was the son of Peter and Hannah Morgan Plumbe; Grandson of John, Esquire and Elizabeth Hempstead Plumbe, and Captain John and Ruth Shapley Morgan of Groton; he was the Great Grandson of John Plumbe (originally of Inworth, Essex, England) and Elizabeth Green (daughter of Samuel Green, New England Printer, who's surname is his given name). He was Grand-Nephew of the New London Diarist, Joshua Hempstead.
Green married Margaret Bolles 22 Mar 1758 in New London. They had at least eight children, four of whom are known to have lived to adulthood: Joseph (Lucinda Pratt), Daniel, George (Eunice Widger), Samuel (Sarah Ames), Isaiah, Margaret (Sylvester Hall), Lydia (Isaac C. Ackley) and Elizabeth.
Green served in the French and Indian War (see war-stone picture submitted by John Beckstein), and lived in New London during the War for Independence, serving as Barracks-Master. Four of Green and Margaret's sons served in the Revolution.
In her History of New London, Frances Manwaring Caulkins writes: "On the 15th of May, 1782, Mr. Greene Plumbe, rate collector, came into the town-meeting, and asked and obtained an abatement on the rate-bill of 1780, stating that a sum of money which he had collected on said bill, was plundered from his house when the British invaded the town, August 6th, 1781.
This is the only allusion to the great event on the town records, of a date anywhere near the time, and in this there is a misstatement of the month, which was sixth of September, not sixth of August." (end quote)
Green served as New London Constable for several years after the war, but by 1790 he and Margaret had relocated to East Haddam, Middlesex County, where they lived out their lives.
Green married Margaret Bolles 22 Mar 1758 in New London. They had at least eight children, four of whom are known to have lived to adulthood: Joseph (Lucinda Pratt), Daniel, George (Eunice Widger), Samuel (Sarah Ames), Isaiah, Margaret (Sylvester Hall), Lydia (Isaac C. Ackley) and Elizabeth.
Green served in the French and Indian War (see war-stone picture submitted by John Beckstein), and lived in New London during the War for Independence, serving as Barracks-Master. Four of Green and Margaret's sons served in the Revolution.
In her History of New London, Frances Manwaring Caulkins writes: "On the 15th of May, 1782, Mr. Greene Plumbe, rate collector, came into the town-meeting, and asked and obtained an abatement on the rate-bill of 1780, stating that a sum of money which he had collected on said bill, was plundered from his house when the British invaded the town, August 6th, 1781.
This is the only allusion to the great event on the town records, of a date anywhere near the time, and in this there is a misstatement of the month, which was sixth of September, not sixth of August." (end quote)
Green served as New London Constable for several years after the war, but by 1790 he and Margaret had relocated to East Haddam, Middlesex County, where they lived out their lives.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of Mr. Green Plumb who departed this Life Sept 16 1807 age 72 years
